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title: one roastie left, im having it — Excuse me, and good manners at the table · tree and pragmatics
description: one roastie left, im having it Test 12 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

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one roastie left, im having it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** leave, have · **To what, where:** one roastie, roastie

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This is test 12 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t12:1
# text = one roastie left, im having it
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	roastie	roastie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	im	im	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | one roastie *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | roastie |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cut it in two and eat both halves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t12:o1:1
# text = Cut it in two and eat both halves
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | two |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | both halves |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grab it quick before anyone sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t12:o2:1
# text = Grab it quick before anyone sees
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take it with your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t12:o3:1
# text = Take it with your fingers
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with your fingers | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Offer it to others before you take it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t12:o4:1
# text = Offer it to others before you take it
1	Offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | to others *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme to other=Goal |
| 2 | **take** | present | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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